Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-09-06
SUMMER SCENES AT ALASKA.

At $50. While the PASSENGERS wee
asleep. our ship shove up" her anchor
and started for Glacier Bay. Although
the mia, lowered along tbs mountains. ye,
We had the most beautiful and superb
scenery. On the righ, and on the LEI,
va. mountain upon mountain. with lofty
cAisracis. nos = torrn,. now silver
thread. streaming down into our mar.
velloas river Alta ". we were nChai-
ham Straits, =, three. Icy S,raii'. at
G 80 We passed willoughby Islard. aud
reached the ieefsld filed with berss.
While we we're a, dinner we came along.
eide large iceberg Of such beauty that
the passengers rose from their seats aud
cheersd with enthusiasm At the novelty
Il the sesre. We had greatly fesisd
the mis-, woald obscure our view. but In
due time the mis-, lifled. and The gisa,
glacier stood on, In majestic ,fAada'e. a
solid wall of ice u miles long. AID from
two hundred TO three hundred feet high.
frozen Ni,garA. Al $50 We had
anchored in front Of the glacier. a half
mile distant. In tsslse fA,homs Of water
and close to the shore. Mos, Of the pass
enser. landed. and mosi Of us elsmbsrsd
up the ice peaks. The surfse, W"
broken by eFevA.s'. Assures and deep
veil. A groA, qain'i'y OF d-bn'.
broken rcek. gravel. soil, etc.. 10 scattered
over IL. and impsresp,ibly b1rne onward
to the ocean. A We climbed from pax
20 rcsk In the vast field u ice. the
u,no., sAa,ioa 90. necessary 20 maintain
OUT foo,ine Pieces Of rock thrown inio
the srcv.-e. on either .ids could be
heard =. they struck IN the water f.r
below. Amateur Photographers we're
busy getting sirw,. s0ne ol which wtrs
admirable Thi. glacier !. called The
Muir" In koaor q Professor Muir. the
fret wii,e man 10 explore u. Coneefn-
irg Il the pfo.,,sor 'a!s. at u three
mil,s wide =, iis month. ten miles back
1, i. ten miles vide. sfd n,r this xix
teen bfsnstts q tie lfs, class uni,c TO
form one great elAsier four 81 the sis-
ten aic over t-o mLes vide; ihc dis
T. nee irom the face q tie glsesr g.
ns frht,, ismovd foun,'in Is about
foi,y mics"
IA our vs,'el sPpiolshsd. an imnesse
io, tefs fsll with tie noise Of ,hunde'. aud
20 siia,ed the water that our shiP dAre,d
vpon the VANS. Wtea We bad icsufn-
ID from the top NC stood upon The shore
watching the ,a,I wall q ice. Nov and
then foar Of Olsen repeated artillery OF
4 psAling thunder would come 10 our
ar,. |, W., The ,ousd u he cracking
ice. Presently gigantic block would
lcc,e Il, hold AID drop with the foar u
c.nbon. Tho the excited water would
Lave ard .~sll until. reaching tie
,kcfe. IL forced us 10 ice ep the bArk'
10 cespc he advancing w.,e.. AZ
lsrsih We lad ~ f.iufn 10 The steamer.
Here NC Icy anekotd ell night While
w. tai bsen wholly At'orlsd Nth the
n,w dslisL, oar ship' ere~ was laying
10 sock Il glacier ice f0r the foand
uip. 50 that We have teen drinking
ice. water cooled With ioe 1000 y',r
Old. more or let. Al Has en- the
dsek of,hs chip We vefe abe BY i~ilistiio
rad type Of good size. Sunday morn
irg a. 4 80 we tuned Away from The
glacier ard steamed down the bay.
Sasrins 10 the LEFT into Chatham
strait. We sriv,d At ass ?. m. A.
Da,itson Glacier. witch SWEEPS down =
gorge ,lcopirg to the bay. A irinee Of
his hide. lie vGur font. Its i,ifsetd
walls .ool,d Ike the bfoksn aad r.pa''
al leap, ola river which h., b,sa sudden
/ IL sne,,ed 10 u, course ard transformed L.
10 solid mae. Norih~s'd, a. 80 turn
t~ay from TIE Davidson. smother glacier
appears. AID =, We si'am away south.
w.id tvo ~ ikite sfe SEN upon cur len,
With loiy Nall. q bloc ice hurdfsd' q
is,i In h,ish'. one s suipii,sd atd
delighted AZ tie strange blue u the
slcicr ic, II loek, nif t. bad bssn
baihcd 10 tie deepest azure Il ,he,kFs.-
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